aged care
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Industry & Reform
Communication and HCP top consumer dissatisfaction with aged care sector
The Older People's Advocacy Network (OPAN) has released its mid-year National Aged Care Advocacy Program Presenting Issues Report, detailing the…
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Opinion
Beyond daily tasks: The real impact of domestic assistance
When searching for Home Care support for a loved one, particularly in the area of Domestic Assistance, people often think…
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Specialty Focus
Two of the best ways to respond to people with dementia who think they are in a different time or place
Approximately one quarter of hospital beds in acute wards â wards for patients who need close care for a sudden…
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Industry & Reform
BaptistCare now third biggest provider as merger finalised
Three not-for-profit aged care providers have successfully combined forces, leading to a shift of the major players in Australian aged…
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Industry & Reform
Calvary offered affordable rentals for retirees, it was full within 72 hours
As cost of living pressures continue to mount, and data showing that 20 per cent of older Australians are retiring…
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COVID-19
5 years since Covid was declared a pandemic, weâre still poorly prepared for the next one
On March 11 2020, as Covid continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared…
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News
Help for aged care residents in Alfred’s path, providers’ duty of care
While the impact of Ex-Cyclone Alfred is still being felt in many communities in northern NSW and southeast Queensland, the…
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Industry & Reform
Close the gap: 10-year plan for First Nations aged care
The Department of Health and Aged Care has released a 10-year plan to strengthen the nation's aged care system for…
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Specialty Focus
Scientists might have figured out why women live longer than men
Scientists might have figured out why women live longer than men â linking it to having two X chromosomes, which defend against ageing, a new study says. The extra X…
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Industry & Reform
Pay rises for aged care nurses funded with additional $2.6 billion
The Albanese government has quashed any remaining questions of how it will afford a pay rise for over 60,000 aged…
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Industry & Reform
50 new urgent care clinics are on the cards. But are the existing ones working? Hereâs what we know so far
Over the weekend the Australian government announced $644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia.…
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Industry & Reform
Latest round of ACCAP grant opportunities now open
Applications are now open for the latest round of the federal government's Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP). The Department…
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Workforce
Aged care nurses set to earn more from March 1
Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes…
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Industry & Reform
Tit for tat: Major parties put health at the centre of pre-election promises
The Prime Minister has promised the largest single investment in Medicare in its 41 years, tripling the current bulk billing…
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Technology
Can a purple humanoid with Disney charm help combat the country’s loneliness epidemic?
In an Australian first, aged care provider mecwacare, has teamed up with home-grown robotics companyAndromeda, to bring new age companionship…
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News
Western Sydney nurse struck off after vile act involving aged care resident with dementia
A western Sydney nurse masturbated in front of a dementia patient after turning the lights off and closing the curtains…
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Industry & Reform
âA grim pictureâ: Rural Aussies are dying younger than urban counterparts
A new report shows that a tree change may actually be bad for your health, revealing avoidable deaths in Australia's…
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News
Health sector reacts to antisemitism â Pollies speak out, nurses rally, migration questioned
A nurse who vowed to âkillâ Israeli patients and another who claimed he had already sent Israeli patients to the afterlife have…
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Industry & Reform
New year, same aged care crisis: Longer wait times, facility closures and hospital strain
Recent government data reveals that wait times for accessing aged care services have continued to grow year-on-year. The Productivity Commission's…
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Industry & Reform
New aged care report centres voices of older First Nations people
A new report from the Department of Health and Aged Care on transforming the nation's aged care system for First…
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News
Family stare down cop who tasered 95yo Clare Nowland as son declares he will ânever forgiveâ
The son of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was fatally tasered by a NSW Police officer has declared he will ânever…
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Industry & Reform
Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Hereâs how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it
Most Australians can look forward to a comfortable retirement. More than three in four retirees own their own home, most…
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Industry & Reform
Albanese’s “cracker” announcement: $1.7B in additional funding for public hospitals and health services
The Albanese government has unveiled a $1.7bn funding boost for state-run hospitals amid âpressuresâ hampering the countryâs health system. The…
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Opinion
Facing the big home truth on dementia – opinion
Home is where the heart â and brain â is for the rapidly growing number of Australians diagnosed with dementia. …
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Specialty Focus
Bacteria in your mouth may hold clues to your brain health and dementia risk â new study
Joanna L'Heureux, University of Exeter Could the bacteria in your mouth predict whether you are at risk of dementia? Emerging…
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